I guess I say "slash e t c" even though any english speaker recognizes it as "et cetera" - it's just faster for me to say "slash e t c".

I thought it was ok to say "my sequel", which came as a relief to me because that's the way I say it.

one oddity: I am a very old C programmer and for some reason, I learned to pronounce char as "car" (perhaps the person who taught me C knew Lisp) and not "char", which still sounds strange to me.

a friend of mine pronounes the g in "gigabit" as a soft g (like Giovanni in Italian). I always say "gigabit" with a hard g like "get me out of here". he even says "Jig" for "gig" which sounds really strange to me.

I only discovered recently that python/perl/etc scripts start with a sharp bang

It's always weird when that once in a blue moon happens and I end up talking to someone that actually knows what Linux/Unix is - we never pronounce half of this stuff the same way._________________Rich

I wasn't able to speak clearly before my mom cut the thing under my tongue( I can't stick out my tongue out long now). Damnit, I think I've to go to have it cut again. My English sucks because of this._________________Gone forever.

I wasn't able to speak clearly before my mom cut the thing under my tongue( I can't stick out my tongue out long now). Damnit, I think I've to go to have it cut again. My English sucks because of this.

That sounds very nasty, to put it nicely... Is that normal in Hong Kong/China?

one oddity: I am a very old C programmer and for some reason, I learned to pronounce char as "car" (perhaps the person who taught me C knew Lisp) and not "char", which still sounds strange to me.

I'm a very young C Programmer, only 44 years old, and I pronounce "char" like "car" because it's the One Right Way...

And, I'm teaching my college Freshman daughter to do the same! :evil_laugh:

Dave

but do you think that most kids say "char" like "charcoal"? it doesn't actually come up in conversation anymore, come to think of it.

My 55 y/o C teacher pronounces it gar. With a deep g you americans dont have. dutch people will know what im on about._________________we are microsoft, lower your firewalls and surrender your pc's. we will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. your culture will adapt and service us. resistance is futile.

My 55 y/o C teacher pronounces it gar. With a deep g you americans dont have. dutch people will know what im on about.

char with the "ch" like in "schouw"? I caught myself pronouncing it like that more then a few times _________________Fan of the "Survivor Warriors of the Evil Empire of Bloody Destruction and Bloody Darkness"

@tbg: I don´t say "kar" for "char", and I don´t know any person who does in my german hometown. Well, thats obviously not a statement about whole germany
Indeed, there isn´t a "cha" in german, but we´ve got a "sch", which you´ld spell like "sh" in, for example "shell"._________________"The only way...to avoid moral corruption would be to have an OS that is free." Richard M. Stallman

@tbg: I don´t say "kar" for "char", and I don´t know any person who does in my german hometown. Well, thats obviously not a statement about whole germany
Indeed, there isn´t a "cha" in german, but we´ve got a "sch", which you´ld spell like "sh" in, for example "shell".

@tbg: I don´t say "kar" for "char", and I don´t know any person who does in my german hometown. Well, thats obviously not a statement about whole germany
Indeed, there isn´t a "cha" in german, but we´ve got a "sch", which you´ld spell like "sh" in, for example "shell".

so how do you pronounce "char"? like "schar"?

Yes._________________"The only way...to avoid moral corruption would be to have an OS that is free." Richard M. Stallman